R: convert variable to csv string

Question

I would like to know how to convert a variable in R to csv string.

> x = c(1:10)
> a = write.csv(x)
\"\",\"x\"
\"1\",1
\"2\",2
\"3\",3
\"4\",4
\"5\",5         


        

Answer 1

Here's an alternative, even easier:

foo2 <- capture.output(write.csv(matrix(1:6,nrow=2), stdout(), row.names=F)) 
foo2
## "\"V1\",\"V2\",\"V3\"" "1,3,5"                "2,4,6" 

Probably what you want is:

foo2[-1,]    
## "\"V1\",\"V2\",\"V3\"" "1,3,5"                "2,4,6"